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Arians emphasized that Ellington's touches will involve receptions, and not just carries. Ellington handled over 22 touches per game last season, but averaged an anemic 3.3 yards per carry and broke down physically, ending the year on injured reserve. The Cardinals are miscasting Ellington as a true feature back. Rookie David Johnson will make his case for a backfield role in preseason games. Johnson is essentially a bigger, more athletic version of Ellington with arguably even more-dynamic pass-catching ability. Aug 2 - 2:48 PM

The Cardinals' official site says Andre Ellington "remains the linchpin" at the running back position.

Ellington is healthy and will head to camp as the first-string running back. But he's coming off a 3.28 YPC season and the Cardinals used the No. 86 overall pick on a player with a similar skill set in David Johnson. Expect Ellington to hold off Johnson for lead back duties, but he won't come close to the volume he saw last year (20.5 touches per game). Jun 15 - 7:58 AM

Per beat writer Mike Jurecki, Ellington is "showing his elusive quickness in the OTA workouts." Ellington flopped as Arizona's feature back last season -- he averaged an alarmingly poor 3.28 yards per carry -- though his proponents believe the ineffectiveness can be blamed on myriad injuries. Ellington will try to hold off athletic phenom David Johnson for lead-back snaps this season. Jun 8 - 4:06 PM

Andre Ellington has resumed making "all" cuts after playing through a foot injury in 2014.

Ellington is rehabbing from foot and hip injuries, in addition to sports hernia surgery. It's not an exaggeration to say his body fell apart in 2014 when tasked with a 20-plus touch-per-game workload. "It's like night and day," Ellington said of the way he feels now. "During the season I was limited on some cuts going to the right, pushing off my left foot. I'm close to doing a lot of things I've done in the past. Just (this week) I was able to do all my cuts and put a lot more pressure on my foot." Ellington's 2015 workload will be challenged by rookie David Johnson. May 10 - 4:57 PM

Niklas is a reserve/PUP candidate after undergoing June ankle surgery. He was listed on the Cardinals' active/PUP list with a hamstring injury, however. Niklas was a non-factor as a rookie, primarily due to injuries, appearing in only seven games. We don't have high hopes for him in Dynasty leagues.